Ronald Grigor Suny is the William H. Sewell Jr. Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Michigan and Emeritus Professor of Political Science and History at the University of Chicago. He is the author of The Soviet Experiment; Red Flag Unfurled: History, Historians, and the Russian Revolution; and ""They Can Live in the Desert But Nowhere Else"": A History of the Armenian Genocide.
A towering figure in the field of Soviet history, Ronald Suny is a prolific and engaged scholar, who has opened up new fields of research -- notably of nationalism and empire -- and been himself open to new conceptual approaches, while remaining true to perspectives on the Russian Revolution and Stalinism that have stood the test of time. His work combines trenchant analysis with lucid and large-scale synthesis. - S A Smith, author of Russia in Revolution With his lightly-worn erudition, good humour and mastery of the field, Ron Suny is the perfect guide to the big questions in Soviet history. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand Stalinism and its interpreters. - Sheila Fitzpatrick